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You may wonder why it’s been such a ridiculously long time since I updated. I wonder the same thing, actually. It’s sheer lethargy, I think. I keep meaning to write an entry, telling myself that it doesn’t have to be anything with weight or heft. And then, for some reason, I can’t get started, or I get started and get irrevocably interrupted. I’ve been working on this entry, for example, for the last three days.
Today, just by way of random example, was nearly a total washout. Last week I took my car to the Saturn dealer for its 30,000-mile service. The car is still more than 2,000 miles away from 30,000, but it will be six years old in a couple of months, so I let them have at it. And they did, to the tune of a little over $900 (paid by the Boss, because after all, if I’ve been driving the car for six years and it’s gone less than 30,000 miles, it’s pretty clear all my driving has been to the post office and back, with an occasional side trip to the bank).
Anyway, back to today. I was making a left turn onto the street where the post office is located and I heard the turn blinker clicking frantically at about twice the normal rate. That means the turn signal isn’t working, which makes me super nervous about driving on city streets where people don’t pay particular attention to other drivers even when the signal is working. A person could get clobbered.
So after I gingerly made my way home, I called the dealer and told them I was coming in. And when I got there the light was working fine, and the blinking was back down to its normal rate. And the guy looked at me as if I was crazy (which after spending $900 last week I didn’t appreciate, but it was right after lunch, so I’ll give him a pass). And he told me he couldn’t fix the problem because there was no way to tell what was causing it when it wasn’t happening. And that’s the end of the story, until the next time it happens. |
